The General Synod of the Church of England will be held on 14th-17th February. As this is the first General Synod since the release of the Windsor Report in London last October, conservatives and liberals in the Church are preparing to present their responses to the report on the Synod.

Particularly, the voice of conservative evangelicals is rising. The Windsor Report made by the Lambeth Commission is an attempt to resolve the crisis over homosexuality in the Anglican Communion worldwide, but was rebuked by most conservative evangelicals in the Communion. Based on their strong biblical belief, they commented that the Windsor Report had failed to effectively address the serious underlying issues of homosexuality.

The Windsor Report recommends the US Episcopal Church, which performed the ordination of the openly homosexual bishop Gene Robinson, to express regret for dividing the Anglican Communion.

In a statement dated on 1st February, the three major evangelical networks in the Anglican Church - the Church Society, Reform and the Fellowship of Word and Spirit (FWS) – reaffirmed their common position regarding the recommendation made by the Windsor Report.

First of all, they pledged their commitment to the supreme authority of the Word of God and noted that this is the express position of the Church of England. Furthermore, they demanded the repentance of US Episcopal Church, instead of "express regret" as requested by the Windsor Report.

The statement said, the three societies "agreed to call upon the Primates of the Anglican Communion to declare ECUSA and the Diocese of New Westminster, and Bishops supportive of them, out of Communion unless and until they repent for the actions they have taken, and further that those seeking to provide oversight to those opposed to such actions are acting as faithful Anglicans and should not regret or apologise for providing oversight."

On the other hand, the three societies addressed the topic of consecration of women bishop, which is another highlighted theme to be brought forward in the General Synod. It was stated, "We continue to be strongly united in opposition to the proposals to consecrate women as Bishops, since such an innovation would be contrary to the Word of God."

The statement was signed by Revd David Banting, the Chairman of Reform; Revd George Curry, the Chairman of Church Society and Revd Simon Vibert, the Chairman of Fellowship of Word and Spirit.